Pegas Island
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Antarctica |
| Coordinates | 65°02′12″S 64°08′20″W / 65.03667°S 64.13889°W |
| Archipelago | Wilhelm Archipelago |
| Area | 29.21 ha (72.2 acres) |
| Length | 987 m (3238 ft) |
| Width | 703 m (2306 ft) |
| Administration | |
| Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | uninhabited |
Pegas Island (Bulgarian: остров Пегас, romanized: ostrov Pegas, IPA: [ˈɔstrof pɛˈgas]) is the partly ice-free island 987 m long in west-southwest to east-northeast direction and 703 m wide in the Dannebrog Islands group of Wilhelm Archipelago in the Antarctic Peninsula region. Its surface area is 29.21 ha.
The feature is named after Pegasus, the winged divine horse in Greek mythology, because of the island's shape supposedly resembling a winged horse, and in association with other descriptive names of islands in the area.